2023 François Cotat Rosé Chavignol Sancerre AOC

This wine displays aromas of stone fruits, orange zest, wildflowers, and crushed stones, with a tangy, lively, and refined palate featuring pink grapefruit, fresh ginger, and raspberry, making it an excellent match for fresh goat cheese, white meats, and Vietnamese-inspired cuisine.
100% Pinot Noir
From a 0.4 ha parcel in Chavignol
Stony soil with limestone and clay
30+ year old vines
Indigenous yeast
Fermented in very old demi-muids and aged in old barrels
Unfined and unfiltered

Estate vines total just over an acre in Chavignol, on flatter land east of the village proper. Here soils are more stony, with limestone pebbles, and clay.
Hand-harvested. Briefly macerated for color. Pressed (older, wooden vertical press); fermented on indigenous yeasts in very old demi- muids. Aged in older tonneaux. Racked and bottled according to the lunar calendar. Bottled by hand, unfined and unfiltered. 20+ year-old vines.